Hat-fastener.



' PATENTE-D MAR. 13, 1906-.-

H. I. CLARK. 1 HAT 'FAS'TENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1905.

UNITED sr rEs PATENT Specification" of Letters'Patenti Patented March13; 19065" cipplication filed MaylO, 1905; Serial N0.--269,773|

To all whom it'moty concern: 7

Be itknown-thatl, HOMER I. CLARK, a citizen of the United States,residing, at Youngstown, in the county ofMah oning' and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Hat-Fastener, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to means for fastening hats upon the wearersheads.

device of a simple nature that-can be readily fastened to a hat and isreadily detachable therefrom, said device having hair-engaging meansthat is capable of being adjusted to [5 different positions and inangular relation with respect to the hat and constituting an fiffirgentholder for securing such hat to the The preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1is a perspective view-of a hat, showing a pair of the devices in placethereon. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of 2 5 said devices. Fig.31sa cross-sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail perspectiveview of the hat-engaging means.

Similar reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings. v

- In the embodiment illustrated a holding element in the form of a plate5 is employed, having its ends looped-into terminal eyes 6, throughwhich are passed the spaced side 3 5 members 7 of a hair-engaging pin,the same being referably formed of a slngle piece of wire larged, asshown at 8, to prohibit the detachment of the pin from the eyes6.Movably 0 associated with the holding element is another element 9 inthe form of a plate, that is pivoted between its ends, as shown at 10,to the central portion of the plate 5, between the eyes thereof. One endof the element 9 is provided with an outstanding overhanging hook 11,while the other end carries a spring"- pin 12, said pin extendinglongitudinally over the element-plate 9 and having its free end portiondetachably engaging beneath the hook 11. The parts 9, 11, and 12 arepreferably formed of a" single piece of metal, as clearly shown in Fig.4.

In constructing the hair-engaging in the side members 7 are preferablydispose in con- 5 5 vergent relation, or, in other words, the distancebetween them is greater, than the The principal object is to provide anovel I oubled and having its terminals en- I length of the-holdingplate 5., so that the tendency of the side members 7 .is to spring how--:apart, this outward .movementbeing, I ever, controlled by the positionofthe holdingdeviceupon the pin as will be readily apparent.

In use a pair. of the devices are secured to the opposite portions of ahat by means of the pins 12, as shown in Fig. 1. When the hair-engagingpins are drawn outwardly, the hat can thus be placed upon the-headwithout interference, and when the hair-engaging plns are moved inwardlythe same will enter the hair and at the same time spread apart, asindicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, this action more securelymaintaining their engagements with the hair and efiecting a frictionalengagement with the eyes 6, that will prohibit the accidental outwardslidingmovement of the pins. The said hair-engaging pins can be turnedto any position desired on being introduced into the hair, and thepivotal connection between the elements 5 and 9 permits the freeadjustment thereof. Moreover, the devicescan be detached from one hatand placed upon another with ease and expedition. The structuretherefore eliminates the objectionable practice of making openings inthe crown of the hat and eliminates the danger of tearing the hats atthe connection of the brim and crown, because of the free adjustmentpermitted to the hair-engaging pins.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, andmany advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art without further description, and it will beunderstood. that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. 1

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hat-pin, the combination with pivotally-connected elements, of ahat-engaging pin and a hook 006 erating therewith mounted on one of thee ements, and a hair-engaging pin slidably mounted on the other element.2. In a hat-pin, the combination with pivotally-connected elements, of ahook carried by one of said elements, a hat-engaging pin.

having a spring connection with the element element pivoted between itsends to the holding-element plate between the eyes thereof, said baseelement having at one end an outturned hook and at the other end aspringpin, the free end of which detachably engages the hook.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HOMER I. CLARK.

Witnesses:

O. W. GILGEN, A. P. GILLEsPIE.

